I am, as well as all of you are, absolutely terrified of Monday morning. I have already took all of my personal items home, with the exception of my computer mouse and water bottle. I will trembling at my desk, just waiting for HR or my director to... — read more 

If you are one of the people in their 30s who get laid off can you get rehired in the future?

2 months pay is for sure. Do they also pay February salary? TeamGM for 2018? How about health and life insurance?

Been doing mechanical engineering for 15 years at various companies in several industries, including all of the Big 3. One drawback that is a show stopper for me is most of how people behave in office settings. To me, being a professional merely... — read more 

Not gonna say GM is the best company in the world but I've certainly been with worse. I've had managers 100 times worse. Plus, to be honest, it's hard to find a company with vacation/holiday policy as good as GM. Let's get Monday over with already

I thought I will stick around here until my children get out of High School here. GM is a great company to work for. I am going to leave anyway, Detroit ins’t for me and my children even though we love our neighborhood and the schools. Did a lot of... — read more 

The only question is after this week, when the is other shoe going to drop? Would suspect the next round of mass layoffs is this time next year. I'm not sticking around to find out though.

GM thinks it can rebrand itself as a cutting edge EV company. The thing is, you have legacy car designers who love putting out boxes on wheels. The cars resemble rolling pieces of brick and not attractive designs. GM has always built boxes on wheels... — read more 

Don’t forget Ford was actually the one that announced layoffs before GM. People tend to forget that. These guys are in the same boat as us if not worse since there’s been zero talk about their layoff. https://www.thelayoff.com/ford-motor

27 signs your company is about to conduct mass layoffs https://www.businessinsider.com/signs-layoffs-are-coming-2017-6 The one about a brand-new CFO piqued my interest.

Subject says it all.

That's what the rumor next to my watercooler is - what are your thoughts on GM CIO layoff targets. Again, it's a rumor and it may be off, I am just interested in what people think.

The IT locations of Austin, Chandler, Detroit, Roswell, and Warren were chosen so that GM could get the best and brightest IT talent in these locations. It would always be required when insourcing IT because there are only so many high level... — read more 

What's your prediction as it relates to cuts in IT (in Van Dyke Office Center in Warren)

If you lost your job, how would you discuss the situation on social media? Would you ever post anything publicly? Be aware that any severance package will come with terms that you can’t say anything derogatory about GM during any period you are... — read more 

What is really happening in GM? Should I stay or look outside?

Reading all of the threads about how IT has to go and what not is pretty eye opening. I know my group works very closely with our counterparts in Michigan to create tools that are useful, but reading here it doesn’t seem like that work is generally... — read more 

i just want to say a couple words of encouragement to all my fellow gm people: be strong we will all get through this believe in yourself; use your experience and knowledge on the next job/opportunity there must be life outside of GM getting let go... — read more 

To those who claim this was likely planned years ago, do you think they would hire all the new college grads in IT and then let them go a couple years later? No, this wasn't planned years ago, this was an impulsive stunt in response to Mary having a... — read more 

Even if I won’t be personally affected (believe me, I have NO idea), Monday/Tuesday will be devastating to me. Seeing security beefed up walking in, then watching my friends and coworkers doing the walk of shame will be agonizing. I can’t even hide... — read more 

Won't be long now until Austin and Chandler are reduced to lemonade stands. Going to reduce staff at each facility by 50% within the coming weeks. That's what you get for going into automotive. About as stable as the oil industry ....

Will those who got offered a severance package still be able to except it.. Or will they just be laid off without anything like everyone else?

Phil didn't see his shadow so I'll be working for another 6 weeks.

8000 people to shed. So far we have 1500 contractors let go and 2250 who took the voluntary separation package, leaving 4250 to be axed. I saw 53,000 employees in north america, but I can't believe that's all salaried. However if it is, that means... — read more 

I have seen reduction targets ranging from 20-30% for each CIO. Given what I know, I would expect reductions in IT in the 25% range overall.

"Layoffs are a failure by top executives to properly manage the business and forecast needs — and a failure of the board to ensure the right management is in place" - its employees that suffer... — read more 

They have explained what caused this layoffs, China tariffs which they warned trump will cause a small GM (https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/jun/29/general-motors-trump-tariffs-gm-jobs), restructuring to focus on making electric cars, self... — read more 

It used to be if you voluntarily separated or retired, you would get a prorated amount. For example, retiring on Mar 1, you would get 1/6 of the amount for that year. May be different if you are fired. Notice how GM calls this being layed iff rather... — read more 

The best advice I ever got at GM was at my very first performance review as a bright-eyed, bushy-tailed recent college graduate. Manager said, “I don’t give a sh-t what you want to be doing in your career three to five years from now. I have a job... — read more 

I was hired as a NCH. About a year and a half ago I seen people from my team that literally didn't have any work to do. They were after their managers because they were not assigned to any projects. Alot of people were not doing anything and thats... — read more 

hahahaha lololololol HAHAHHAHA LOLOLOL Hope you guys didn't fall for that bs.

If they are reducing workforce by 15%, number of director level positions cut is not even close to 15% of total directors. As usual the brunt will be at worker bee level. Levels 6 and 7 will take a blood bath. Manager levels will be fine since they... — read more 

These are the numbers: GM offered buyouts to 17,700 employees in North America with at least 12 years of service in November, according to a document obtained by CNBC at the time. The company was aiming for 8,000 voluntary buyouts, the company... — read more 

Remember, if you believe this was the primary consideration for being laid off, it depends on the structure of your team, not GM as a whole.

Work out at Chelsea and the rumor mill has it that 100 folks will get the pink slip on Monday. If anyone here works out at Chelsea, let me know your 2 cents.

I've heard numbers as high as 7000 layoffs and that 4000 is the minimum they would cut. Anyone have any idea?